New comics, old series

David Welsh lists his picks from this week’s new comics and takes a look at Jason Thompson’s Manga: The Complete Guide, complete with a roundup of interviews and commentary. In his Flipped column, he checks in on several ongoing series to see how they are holding up.

In a similar vein, Johanna Draper Carlson catches up with some series she had dropped.

The anime of Nymphet (Kodomo no Jikan) has been canceled in Japan, apparently because of concern about a recent series of violent crimes involving young people, although the producer isn’t necessarily buying that. (Via Journalista.)